we won one of the special elections this last week in new hampshire, and before that florida kentucky, missouri, , and elsewhere. on the fundraising front, we raised $67 million last year 2015, 2013,re than 2007, 2005. in 2005, the republicans outraised us to do one. -- two ton one. republicans outraged, it's a downsized man's story. two thirds of donors were small dollar donors. the average on my donation was $21. the most important thing for me and the reason i have so much confidence moving forward is that while the republicans raised more money than the democrats, undeniably -- they have a transactional party. they are morally bankrupt. they are spending that money to help roy moore get elected in alabama. they are excited about joe arpaio, a sheriff in arizona. a lawless sheriff. they are spending a lot of money defending or paying donald trump's legal bills. the moral bankruptcy other public and party. the party of lincoln's dead. in the democratic party, we are winning because we're fighting for the issues people care about. good jobs, health care, retirement security. james: b

we all wore masks on the plane when we traveled to new hampshire yesterday. but we are not -- people are not legally bound to wear masks. so, it is a point in time where it is up to people -- it is their choice, in that regard. reporter: and then, one other question, actually, on a different topic, in the interest of time here today. ms. psaki: yeah. reporter: are you able to confirm reports that the president is replacing the acting atf director with another gentleman who will also be the acting atf director until the person he nominated last week is confirmed by the senate? ms. psaki: yes. so, i know there have been reports about this out there. and i will say that the president is making the designation under the vacancies reform act, which, of course, says that any president, and only the president, may direct a person who serves in an office for which appointment is required to be made by the president, by and with the advice and consent of senate, to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office temporarily. we, of course, are strongly advocatin

and if we did, we were known for textiles in new hampshire or making shoes, making everything. and it is not cheaper coming from china. a pair of jeans is still $80. i just wonder why congress and senate are going to wake up. host: all right. we'll get a response here. guest: something we need to be doing and the president has several initiatives to improve manufacturing, lower tax rates on manufacturing institutes to help build up manufacturing capability. but you're absolutely right. we can create jobs. it's a matter of priorities. we passed a $3.9 trillion tax cut. with spacein a jobs program with $500cture -- billion in a jobs program infrastructure, you can create 10 million jobs at 50,000 each for half a trillion we spent $3.9 trillion in a tax cut. there are only 10 million peopletime so you could eliminate unemployment if we put that as a higher priority as a tax cut. we have the money and we can create the jobs. we just have to do it. host: i just wanted to point out we were showing our viewers this ship coming through, looks like it might be leaving here from italy. h

there was one characteristic of a former governor of new hampshire. he used to say that we are all in this alone. no, we are not. we are not all in this alone. we may have come here at different times and different ships, but together, we are all in the same boat. that is the reality o. [applause] i was thinking -- i heard the talk earlier about the deficit and i do not minimize the deficit in any way, but there are a number of deficits. certainly, the the key party that we live with today is reminiscent of the movement of ross perot in 1992. he was a phenomenal political currents. the 18th of february, 1992, he led both president bush and bill clinton in the national polls and he had not spent a nickel on a regular television advertising. he did it on the strength of his argument. we have been through 200 years in this country and we had fought two world wars and won them and we have the great civil war and we lived through the great depression. we had run up a total indebtedness of one trillion dollars. just 12 years, from 1980 to 1992, we quadruple

new hampshire republican judd gregg and north dakota democrat kent conrad both served as chair of the senate budget committee. they'll be testifying today at 2:30 eastern time on c-span3. and saturday, former vice president joe biden will hold a campaign kickoff rally in philadelphia. live at 1:00 eastern here on c-span. you can also follow our live coverage online at c-span.org or use the free c-span radio app. >> this week our online video library marks a milestone. a quarter million hours of content. all c-span programs since 1987 are available in our online lie blunt rochesterry. you can view them all for free at c-span.org. tojournal continu. this is representative john garamendi, democrat from california, member of the armed services committee. here to talk about among other things, the issues concerning a wrong. what is the best way for the united states to approach the situation at hand with th iran? guest: not the john bolton way. , iranc.p.o.a. was working was moving away from and had stopped their nuclear ambitions they clearly were remaining a serious problem in the area,

i talked to then vice president biden about this in new hampshire when i was campaigning for him and asked him to consider putting this in his policy, is on the agenda. moderator: i hate to talk -- cut you off talking about suicide. let's go to the councilwoman next. all living republican you admire and why? councilwoman khalil: i hope i get his name right, from texas. he is no longer in congress. i briefly read an article about him in which he critiqued democrats. he works well with a gentleman who is running for governor, and texas. instead of democrats pointing to what they do, our new supreme court justice, he said she has such incredible credentials, why are we talking about her great credentials? moderator: time. congressman lamb? rep. lamb: the 10 house republicans of mine -- republican colleagues of mine voted to impeach trump the second time. after january 6, people were more on edge the name quicktime i've ever known. for those to members, they were potentially throwing away their political career, a lot have been right now the house and sense of they took on it personal sa

sadly, we've had some high-profile suicides in new hampshire. i also look forward to working with the department on what we can do to address the challenge of suicide within our law enforcement agencies. so, thank you. i'm pleased to hear that we should expect something soon. unfortunately, i missed a couple of the discussions around what's happening with fentanyl. because i had to step out. but i know that, on thursday, he administration released their national drug control strategy. like so many states, new hampshire is one that has had way too many overdose deaths because of fentanyl. i wondered if you could give us a little insight into how resources are being shifted within the department, to respond to that strategy. and how that might impact small states like new hampshire, which are struggling with this challenge. >> so, we have been involved in the development of the strategy and, in the simple form, there's two sides of this. that is the enforcement against drug trafficking organizations and there are the health challenges for those wh

new hampshire, trump one double-digit pluralities among , ruralingle age group residents, citydwellers and suburbanites and every income group. won.ump how do you explain this bro ad support for donald trump? guest: when i started writing the book, trump was not even running. five years ago, candidates like identityere playing politics. things i don't believe are conservative. it's what got me thinking about this. sensed the populist movement out there. i did not think -- i did not predict donald trump. i did not think you would be the vessel for that. -- he would be the vessel for that. everything came to fruition with trump doing so well. in some ways, this is cyclical. whoe always had populists rise up when people are angry and frustrated and dissolution. whether it is andrew jackson or william jennings bryan or george wallace, pat buchanan, you can name it, we've seen the populist before. into a trump is tapping real fear and anger out there amongst a lot of mostly working-class white americans who feel the american dream is left -- has left them by. to be able to graduate high sch

marsha blackburn will be in concord, new hampshire headlining the annual gop lincoln reagan dinner. on c-span2, the u.s. security council meets to discuss russian allegations of u.s.-backed by labs in ukraine. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we could find everything streaming live at c-span.org or the free video app, c-span now. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including charter communication. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that is why charter has invented aliens, coding infrastructure, upgrading technology and empowering opportunities and community big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. he sits on the intelligence committee as well. we asked our viewers if the u.s. assistant to a claim is not enough, too much or the right amount. how would you ask that -- answer that? guest: it is not enough right now. i think the sanctions are the first routes in the sanctions need to be complete. they canno

they u-boat was taken to portsmouth, new hampshire. most of them were brought to fort hunt. one of them was a specialist in microwave technology, and he was one of the top engineers in germany, so with the war ending there all of the sudden was the desire to have him stay in the united states. they wanted to encourage him to stay in the united states, but the problem was his family was in germany and now in the russian sector of germany. they had to get his family to the united states so he would stay, and he actually ended up in milwaukee and became one of the most important parts of the cold war period. there were several hundred that came here with all kinds of expertise, and it was controversial, and it is controversial because some of them were not very good people. i mentioned someone earlier who was a pretty awful person, but he was very important. von braun was considered the father of american rocketry but later americans found out that he had been a member of the nazi party, he had been an officer in the ss, so that there was some controversy with it but americans

host: let's go to joann calling from new hampshire on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i like with the previous two callers said. my opinion is it is easy for us to sit in our warm homes behind a computer and play a fun game of risk. but, as you know, when you are playing with someone who does not like to lose they can explode. that is kind of what i feel that we really have to look at putin. you might cut me off but i think we have to do a rasputin solution which is what happened with the czar in world war i when they had a crazy man that was going to take their country down. they had to find a way to do something with him. now he uses people as protection. nobody mentioned north korea. they are also a very strong nuclear threat to us. we have threats on our west coast that a lot of people are thinking about. we are thinking about going over into europe and i feel bad for the ukrainians. i hope we can help them but what happens if we go over there and they start talking like, hey, we could hit the west coast really easy. i just think putin is not

ross john is up first from town, new hampshire, on art line for independents. you're on with elisabeth rosenthal. caller: i have been retired for about 10 years. -- i have been in the hospital three times over the past 10 years. what i've run into now is the hospitals charge a $250 process the to let you go. saysp of that, the doctor you're going on tomorrow come a and you do not get released until after 11:00 a.m., like the hotels. you have to be out of the room by love and :00 a.m., or you will be charged again. that is double dipping as far as i am concerned. be discharge,can let them be discharged. but they're trying to double it up. yes, i have seen a lot of what one consultant who commented on the it's called "strategic billing" hospitals consulting firms saying how can we make more do.y from what we that's distressing to a lot of patients and doctors. is a lot of -- i spoke to one man last night who was to an y ambulance emergency room at trauma even though he didn't have very serious trauma. was in a minor crash and his back hurt. e.r. by blast set trau

and for him to spend this much time in new hampshire tells us we are a battleground state that the rnc is going to invest in. we do not know how much yet. if we give a good showing, money follows success. we do well, they will invest in us so we can win. so we have to do our part. our final speaker, i want to remind you, we have the thompson submachine gun clyde used that we will auction off for magazines when the speaker is done. that is the thompson submachine gun. steve is going to do the auction. now it is my honor to introduce a great man who has been standing up for conservative principles and the second amendment. he has no fear at all, he will take on our opponents, toe to to, you see them on tv a lot because he is not afraid to speak out. our good friend army veteran tom cotton, senator from arkansas. [applause] sen. cotton: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you all. thank you all very much for the very warm welcome. chris, thank you for the great introduction. rick and your team, thank you for welcoming us to your range. it is great to be here at the third annual machine

i'm very pleased to yield to the gentleman from new hampshire, 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. for 48 years the right to choose has been the law of the hand and it is time that congress protects that right and access to the full range of reproductive chair. states are passing dangerous bans on abortion that harm patients and criminalize doctors. an anti-choice legislatures sors are erecting bearers. this has happened in my home state of new hampshire where the legislature passed an abortion ban and forced ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion. if the supreme court won't protect roe, congress must pass the women's health protection act. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from colorado reserves. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. soap the gentlelady from colorado is recognized. ms. degette: i'm not -- i'm now pleased to yield to one of the original co-sponsors of this legislation, the gentlelady from massachu

and you and people in new hampshire likewise take the time to get the know the candidates and to know the issues. i just want you to know how much we all appreciate that, and i appreciate that personally. you get to know us, you make an informed decision, and that helps the entire country that does not have the same opportunity to see the different candidates. so, i appreciate you being here today and being so supportive. i will say a few things and allow you to ask a couple of questions, if we have time. we are kind of in a hurry because we have done this twice. the other side of the street there is another restaurant. which one is the better restaurants? i thought you might say that. i mentioned over there that i had been thinking about some patriotic songs. i love the patriotic songs. i love, of course, the star spangled banner. the fact that we are the only people on the world who put our hands over our hearts during the planning of the national anthem. do you know fdr began that tradition? he did it in honor of the men and women whose lives are being shed in far off places, in ho

. >> the gentlewoman from new hampshire new hampshire, ms. custer is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much mr. chairman. and welcome to secretary vilsack. great to be with you. we appreciate you being here today. for nearly two years our country has been grappling with the covid-19 pandemic. not only the staggering death toll and its cause but also the devastating impact that its had on our economy. in rural communities, hospitals and healthcare centers in my district and across this country had been pushed to the brink, farmers and producers have faced numerous supply chain challenges and many families have struggled to work and learn from home with insufficient broadband connectivity. the good news is provisions in the american rescue plan and the bipartisan infrastructure package, as well as the widespread availability of vaccines and booster shots are starting to make a tremendous difference. but as the omicron variant continues to rage, there is no doubt we still have a long way to go toward recovery. mr. secretary there is n

about lending to small business and you want to get a political event when you make a speech in new hampshire. that is not of this money is for. it is to reduce the debt of our children that we are passing on to the children. you ought to at least have the integrity to be forthright about it and say that is what you are doing. you are adding to the debt our kids are going to have to pay back. when you are claiming at the same time that you are being fiscally responsible. host: talking to peter orszag in that exchange. this is not fit per se a small business issue but it goes to the point whether or not people want to take this money because there might be a stigma attached. can you talk more about attitude you found? guest: the is concerned -- the legislative fix, it requires legislative action and there are 39 republican senators who signed a letter to the administration asking any remaining tarp funds be given back to the treasury to reduce the national debt. there will be political problems to overcome to increase small- business lending. host: the small business association created an off

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. pingree will vote yea on the motion to concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 1319. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on the motion to concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 1319. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mchenry will vote no on the senate amendment to h.r. 1319. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house

for what purpose does the gentlelady from new hampshire rise? ms. shea-porter: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. shea-porter: madam speaker, i'm outramingd also. i'm really outraged at the amount of money that the insurance industry has spent trying to defeat this bill that will help the american people. the companies claim they support health care reform, just not this bill. but they've done nothing to reform. they could have taken this time to reform. they still deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. they still charge exorbitant rates. they still fight antitrust legislation. they still cancel people's policies when they most need them. and they still limit the payments when people get sick. they had a secret code word. it's called start over. what they really mean is defeat it, we don't want it. the question has to be here, who's side are you on? are you on the side of the insurance companies, or are you on the side of the amer

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endorseully support and senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire. truly love, primarily because it was my first victory, but i love new hampshire. one of the most beautiful places. she is a rising star and will continue to represent the great people of new hampshire so very well for a long, long time. senator kelly ayotte. hand, will grow our majority in the house and the senate. we need that. we have to get things done. arm in arm, we will rescue the nation from the obama-clinton disaster, which is exactly what it is. dry,has bled our country and spread terrorism, unabated across the world. that is happening. you saw now, maps came out yesterday. they said isis is far bigger, it is all over the place. we will get rid of it, folks. depleted, weis will build up our military, we look at others with us. we will get plenty of others with us. wouldn't itothers, be wonderful if we could get along with russia? they talk so big and so brave a nd so tough. they are the tough ones. hillary is real tough, give me a break. wouldn't it be great if we got along w

nevada, and maggie hassan in new hampshire. those are the four, it would have to be pretty horrible night for them to lose or come close to losing anything else. for republicans, it is more open seats, really come open seat north carolina, pennsylvania, ohio. one incumbent, ron johnson, in wisconsin, and there are circumstances that missouri could get interesting or something like that. host: what about the house? are there any races in the house you are following more closely than others? guest: not really. the universe of competitive house races is getting smaller and smaller and smaller, so it will probably be fewer than two dozen in the entire senate, and there have been times where it would be, you know, 50, 60, 70, 80. but i would say any democrat that won by -- if you one by 5, 6, seven points or less, you are in trouble, or if biden won your district by less than 10 points, let's say, you should be paying closer attention. host: that is a perfect segue to talking about president biden cured we have seen the president's

what would be the effects on new hampshire if the pipelines delivering natural gas to new england were compromised by a cyber attack? >> so, currently new england a significant portion of the elect generation facilities are fueled by natural gas and fueled with heating oil for instance but a lot of them are just fueled directly by natural gas, so it's like 18,000 megawatts, something like that in new england fueled by natural gas and so clearly if there's a disruption with regards to pipelines for instance this facilities can no longer run on a very cold day in particular in the winter, that would certainly change the reliability of the grid in new england. >> and will this bill, the reliability act for security and reliability deliver natural gas to the region? >> establishing some sort of mandatory processes such as we have on the electric grid decide where the natural gas pipeline, my opinion would certainly enhance the reliability and reduce the threat of the gas supply disruptions which would lead to electricity supply disruptions. >> thank you. now, switching years, it's importan

new hampshire has sadly been dramatically affected by the opioid and substance use crisis we have in this country. many of those opioids and drugs are coming from countries south of our border. even the current president has been convicted in the netherlands of trafficking in drugs. can each of you talk about what you see as your role as an ambassador in trying to address this pervasive problem we are facing in the united states? i will start with you, ms. williams. ms. williams: you are correct that there was a conviction prior to his presidency of the president in the netherlands. the issue in regards to suriname, most of the narcotics flow is going to europe. nevertheless, some may be coming to the u.s. as well. one of the things that i as an ambassador can do is to maintain that issue at the forefront of the agenda with the administration to continue to work with that administration on improving administration of justice, rule of law, working with them through a regional programs from the caribbean basin security initiative on evidence-based decision-making and training for law e

journal, a look at the week ahead from washington followed by vermont senator bernie sanders visiting new hampshire for the first time since announcing his 2020 candidacy for president. later, a look at president trump's 2020 budget request with acting white house budget director and the debris secretary of state, john sullivan. " continues. host: each monday when congress is in session, we like to take a look at the week ahead in washington and to do that, we are joined by steven dennis, bloomberg senate reporter. kathryn watson is the white house reporter with cbsnews.com. some images from capitol hill. the budget has been delivered to capitol hill and there is a shot of the budget on the desk. take us through what we should know about this budget. kathryn: first off, this budget is going to be requesting $8.6 billion for border security, specifically for a border wall. that is something that is not going to go over very well with house democrats who just have this fight over a national emergency, another thing we are going to be dealing with this week. $3.6 billionere, request in addition to tha

quickly and it was one of them, that could be a game changer, particularly in a state like iowa or new hampshire, where they have a pretty large presence. i think that even for mayor buttigieg, who has really plateaued at about 8% or 9% for the last few months, a backing of a union would be a very sizable boost. >> you brought a couple of issues involving the national labor relations toward and the new labor secretary nominee -- what is happening in those areas? why your line of questioning? andrew: i think with the national labor relations board, they have been looking at various ways to rework the interpretation of the labor laws in this country that make it harder for unions to organize in certain circumstances and make it harder in different ways for them to reach potential union members. to hear howsting unions are responding to that. unions are filing for unfair labor practice charges for fear thosehe nlrb might take and use it as an opportunity to reinterpret labor laws. >> finally, the issue of minimum wage. how big will this be among democratic voters in the primary season? ginger: i th

>> saturday morning, candidates running for the democratic presidential nomination spoke at the new hampshire democratic party state convention. we begin with martin o'malley. this is 25 minutes.

swing how it play voters, but biden telling trump to shut up is verbatim what a lot of iowa and new hampshire s told me theyem wanted clinton to do. she lost the election but she did win the first debate. she was staggering and got a boost in the polls after the debate. also, tonight, stephen dennis notes that cnn's instant poll of the first debate of who won in 2000 showed al gore winning 48% to george w. bush, 41%. george w. bush went on to win that election. host: next up is tyler and klamath falls, oregon. did you watch all of the debate and what did you think about it? halfwayi turned it on through the debate so i missed the beginning of it. don't think they covered a whole lot in the debate. i'm going to vote for tom because i believe he has accomplished more than any other president has in the last four years he has been president. will this be the first year you ever vote in a presidential election? caller: it is not, no. i voted for trump in the first election. bit about us a little yourself in klamath falls. i support the second amendment. i love my guns. i love my hunting. i suppor

some of her field operatives in massachusetts and new hampshire are now, as i understand, working for the democratic nominee there. they probably should have been there a little sooner. most people watching the race closely believe that their involvement is being done at the last minute, very quickly, and may be too little, too late, if i may use a cliche on c-span. host: steve on the republican line. caller: i'm wondering if you could talk about mitt romney, the conflict between his public image and private conduct. and also mike huckabee. thanks. guest: for a variety of reasons, we did not spend as much time on the republican race, because it lacked the drama. but there are some things on it romney could to the specific question, there is one of very striking example of the striking public image and private reality and the kiss of romney. mitt romney's public image, if anything, was defined as a competent ceo character. he was an arch catalyst and had run -- arch-capitalist and had run bain capital. he could run government like running a board room. throughout our coverage in the bo

you have people who came in second in new hampshire. we won everything. and we won it now a second time. hate to bore you with that expression. i really want to win it the second time. somebody came up to me today and they said, sir, you're way up in four years. nobody can come close to you. i am not interested in four years. i am interested in eight weeks ago. four years. four years is a long time. it is actually two and two. we'll take back the house and the cabinet. marjorie, we'll bring back the house. we'll bring back the house. [chanting "four more years"] now, if we didn't win, i would be upset. of course if we didn't win, you probably would not want me. big difference between losing and winning, and having it stolen. no, but they talk about for years, sir, nobody can come close. i say no. we go this way first, and i think we are going to do it. i really believe. because there is no way we could have won every single state. this is not one state. this is one of money. we won every state. this guy can't speak. he can't talk. already we have received

attorneys in new hampshire, our u.s. attorney nominee, it's been over a year. almost, i think, over a year now that she has been forwarded to the white house and is on hold. can you just speak to the challenge with addressing crime around the country, when we have u.s. attorneys who are taking that long to get approved? >> yes, so, the united states attorneys as well as the united states marshals, the tip of the spear of our effort to fight violent crime. they are the ones who convene the task forces in every one of the 94 u.s. attorney office districts. the task forces are combinations of all of our federal law enforcement, the for law enforcement agencies of the justice department as well as a law enforcement agencies of the department of homeland security and other federal agencies. combined with state, local, territorial and tribal law enforcement. the is cooperative task forces also, then, cooperate with the local communities. that is the way in which the best attack on violent crime as possible. to look at what is needed in the local area, to identify the

the state of new hampshire lost a true granite state hero. mr. guinta: we remember and celebrate the life of a tremendous police officer but also a father, brother master carpenter, coach and friend. he devoted his life to protecting our families and our communities. and ultimately died in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence dispute. as his family, friends and neighbors knew, he was one of a kind. the bravery and compassion he demonstrated during his 15 years of service are not and will not be forgotten. it takes a remarkable individual to rise and risk their life daily to keep us safe and protect us from harm. let us take a moment today to pause, reflect and celebrate the life of officer arkel. you put your life on the line and we are forever grateful. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i rise today, mr. speaker, to

nevada, and maggie hassan in new hampshire. those are the four, it would have to be pretty horrible night for them to lose or come close to losing anything else. for republicans, it is more open seats, really come open seat north carolina, pennsylvania, ohio. one incumbent, ron johnson, in wisconsin, and there are circumstances that missouri could get interesting or something like that. host: what about the house? are there any races in the house you are following more closely than others? guest: not really. the universe of competitive house races is getting smaller and smaller and smaller, so it will probably be fewer than two dozen in the entire senate, and there have been times where it would be, you know, 50, 60, 70, 80. but i would say any democrat that won by -- if you one by 5, 6, seven points or less, you are in trouble, or if biden won your district by less than 10 points, let's say, you should be paying closer attention. host: that is a perfect segue to talking about president biden cured we have seen the president's

hello, new hampshire. it is a privilege to be here with all of you, and a special joy to be on the road once again with gerrit -- jessica anderson. it's the flagship of the conservative movement and they are fighting for freedom all across america. join me in thanking jessica. [applause] i also want to thank steve. i said -- i listened to him speak at this podium a few moments ago, and i turned to jessica and i said we should just say thank you, good night. what a great and stirring presentation. it really calls into high relief the choice that we face as americans. i am here today really for two reasons. number one, i'm here to stand up for the american worker. to stand up for american families. to stand up for american businesses. and number two, i am here to stand up to the biden big government socialist agenda that will derail the future of our families and our businesses and our workers. [applause] we came here today to deliver a very clear message. to the granite state, to the live free or die state.

you could say tonight's event will kick off the 2024 cycle in new hampshire. >>

new hampshire is a swing state. you as james. >> joining us is james, a political reporter from the boston globe as we focus on new hampshire, one of the underground states. thank you for being with us. james: thank you. steve: as you look at the battleground, what is happening? story of twoa completely different philosophies. hillary clinton's campaign never really close their campaign office from the new hampshire primary in early february. they have about six staffers deeply involved in the process from communications to the field to the digital components. meanwhile, i stopped by yesterday to see the donald trump headquarters and there is literally a a padlock on it. they have taped over the door so you can look in. there is still a trump bumper sticker there. building.gn over the but no campaign whatsoever. i talked to some people who worked in the building who said a volunteer comes in from time to time, very sporadic. the overall republican party in new hampshire is focused on the u.s. senate race right now.

pappas of new hampshire. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 716, the gentleman from new hampshire, mr. pappas, and a member opposed, each will control thief minutes. the chair -- control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new hampshire. mr. pappas: my amendment would require a study on how many people are affected by age discrimination in the job application process. nearly half of older americans report being asked for age-related information and over three quarters of workest over age 45 lack confidence in finding a new job. this poses a challenge for workers in my home state of new hampshire, a state with an aging work force, and businesses are concerned about how to attract talent and how to ensure the institutional knowledge and experience of workers reaching retiermt age is passed down. when workers are pushed out of the labor force by age discrimination or concerns they may face discrimination, our businesses and communities lose the benefit of their nj and experti

a nice box -- florida contenders test new hampshire waters. marco rubio on one side, jeb bush on the other. go to the phone lines. mcallen, texas robert is a republican. caller: how can we straighten out this country when you have a battle within our government? between the republicans and the democrats. they cannot get along. how can we straighten every thing out -- you cannot, it is impossible. host: what would you do if you were in charge? caller: if i was a republican, and a democrat came up with a good solution, i would try to figure it out, i would work together. together we stand, divided we fall. host: wisconsin kim is on the line, a democrat. caller: i am calling in regards to the heritage guy that was on the last half-hour, it he was talking about states doing a good job at regulating, i was in wisconsin and the governor has rolled back environmental regulations like you would not believe. he was even -- he added an expansion on the company on the same day they were paying their environmental fines. we -- the politicians can no longe

steve: will there be debates before the new hampshire primary? gov. weld: if i have anything to say about it, there will. obviously the president has said i'm not going to debate bill weld or anybody else. i may be reduced to challenging alec baldwin to a debate could -- who plays a president with an orange wig on saturday night live. i think i can hold my own with alec baldwin. although i don't know, he has had a long career in showbiz, he may clean up the floor with me. i think he might be willing in service of the national interest to at least have a go at it. that should be good tv if nothing else. the president would understand that. steve: we will be there if it happens. let's go to lee in lakeland, florida. caller: good afternoon. mr. weld, i want to get in touch with you but i do not have a computer because i cannot see computer screens. how does a person -- do you have a mailing address or telephone number? i've called that telephone number. it seems to be blocked. your telephone number. go ahead. mr. weld: we have a website, it is weld2020.o

this is new hampshire. it is a tradition. we are going to drill this guy, so, peter, welcome back to new hampshire. that is very good. this is absolutely excellent. did twitter kill the boys on the bus? talk a little bit about the origin of why you had this topic. > kind of two reasons. one, after the campaign, i was jealous, and you may have been jealous about this also. reflecting and meditating. i am not jealous of their unemployment, but i am jealous of their space, so after the campaign of 2012, i had an opportunity of fellowship at the kennedy school of government, and i had to write a paper on some aspect of the media and the political media, and i started to think about the difference between 2008 and 2012, which were the two presidential campaigns that i covered, and i was on the campaign, in the bubble, as they say, with illary clinton and mitt romney and john mccain and sarah palin, and i have lots of stories about hat, but the candidates were there. their advisers were there. they were on the plane. they were talk

we've already deployed emergency response teams in colorado, michigan, minnesota, vermont, new hampshire, and new mexico, ready to provide more hospital beds, as well. the bottom line is, we want to assure the american people that we're prepared. we know what it takes. and as this group of bipartisan governors has shown, we're going to get through it by working together. i want to thank the governors for the partnership and i mean that sincerely. with that, i'm going to turn it back over to jeff, and i understand you guys have some questions. jeff? >> okay. i think we're going to clear the press first. >> thank you guys. reporter: [indiscernible] >> thank you. thanks, guys. thank you very much. thank >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. ♪ click president biden briefly spoke to reporters about the omicron var

similar to colorado, new hampshire has its fair share of rule, remote mountainous areas. it can be difficult to access, but nevertheless deserve reliable delivery from the postal service to receive essential items like prescriptions, food, or run their small businesses. how will you draw on your experiences working with rural communities in colorado and across the con that country to advocate for reliable service? amber: i did grow up in a rural community, my parents still live there, and i did work in colorado on improving the routing systems. i worked with rural communities across colorado and this was a huge issue. when the postal network started to change back in 2012 there was consolidation of various network , and we had a huge impact. we had to have a lot of conversations with the postal service how to respond that, how to address that, and how to improve service in rural communities. so absolutely think that rural communities are in central in terms of change or service. and we have to maintain it, we have to maintain the universal service obligation. and it is im

. >> up next, governors from utah, hawaii, new hampshire, illinois joint politico for a conversation at some of the issues affecting their states. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >>

an independent in new hampshire, good morning. caller: my comments are based on may gsa -- on the gsa. this happened almost 2.5 years ago. i would like to tie in with the time the house and senate is away from session. it is ridiculous. most people get a day off for memorial day or july 4. if they take one week to 10 days. easter vacation. there were gone before. these things are going on. where is the general inspector? where are the oversight committees? why aren't they meeting on a regular, ongoing business? i think they are not there. host: what do you make up for hearings on this? caller: that is what i am saying. everyone is back. ony're ready to do battle this schedule. where were the meetings two years ago? don't the oversight committees here from the gsa inspector general stacks turn on c-span on monday morning. excuse me. you do not see the senate. a very rarely. nine times and out of 10 day turn the lights out and put up the cat. everyone else is gone. a good example for the country in these economic times. changed thei

shery louden, new hampshire. good evening to you. caller: thank you for taking my call. well, my comment about to day, it was like the first anniversary of 9/11. i honestly believe that yes, january 6 is a day that will be etched in everyone's memory, just like september 11th and december 7. i mean, it was surreal. i was sitting here watching it on television. incomplete and total awe of what i was seeing. i could not believe it. i'm a veteran of the u.s. coast guard. although i was discharged years ago. i feel as though my oath never expires. i took one to uphold and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. what i saw was nothing less than domestic terrorism. and it was incomprehensible, that it even occurred. as far as the video you just played, i honestly feel that those are the least credible people in the entire capitol building. he is being investigated for sexual whatever with underaged girls. she is not even serving on a committee. and we all know that she discriminates against colleagues who are of various minorities or other religions.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new hampshire is now recognized. ms. kuster: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of the affordable insulin now act, critical legislation to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 per month. i consistently hear from granite state families about how the rising cost in insulin is forcing them to put their health at risk by cutting back on doses or skipping them altogether because it's just too expensive. we cannot continue to force american families to make impossible decisions between their medication and their well-being. at the end of the day, the work that we do is about our constituents, and i can say right here, right now i care more about the well-being of my constituents and their health than i do about the profits of certain companies that seem to be protected on the other side of the aisle. no one should pay more than $35 a month for their insulin. and i urge my colleagues to support this bill. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from was

host: this is melvin on twitter: new hampshire, did morning. you are next. caller: good morning. the gentleman from new mexico, when he went to school i was taught the three branches are equal. i think the executive branch with all of these executive orders has grown more powerful than it should be. we've been involved in wars that were never gone through congress -- the last declared war was world war ii. another point about representation, the lobbyists are the problem. we elect people to congress to represent us. they vote the way the lobbyists want them to vote. they don't represent us. that is my thinking. host: we've been talking a lot about the constitution. we will go to connecticut. good morning. caller: are you there? host: go ahead. caller: we really have a shadow government. the people out there running our government, did you ever hear of the george soros foundation. all the time we are out voting, he is putting billions of dollars into the elections. he's going against what we're doing. you see the crime in new york? he's putting in these prosecutors who do not go b

i have a bill in the house that traction a bill that senator shaheen in new hampshire, another state hit hard by this problem, that provides $600 million of emergency assistance, again, allocated to police providers, education and prevention, that is this week going to begin consideration in the u.s. senate. it has been endorsed by law enforcement groups. it has been endorsed by people who are in the field dealing with this problem who are dealing with families that can't get beds in detox centers, that can't get beds in treatment facilities. with police departments trying to get narcan so they can save lives, a miracle drug, but the fact of the matter is we need everybody involved, particularly the congress, to help communities solve this problem. last week the national governors association, republicans and democrats, could be convened in -- convened in washington, d.c., to talk about their priorities, this emergency funding was the number one request of congress because they are the ones at the frontlines to force -- and forced to deal with this issue. we have an opportunity to li

from new hampshire, let freedom ring. from the mining of mountains of new york -- the mighty mountains of new york, let freedom ring. from pennsylvania, let freedom ring. from the snowcapped rockies of colorado, let freedom ring. from the heat of california, let freedom ring. from stone mountain of georgia, let freedom ring. from lookout mountain of tennessee, let freedom ring. from every hill and every mole hill of mississippi. from every mt. tom -- from every mountaintop. let freedom ring. >> if you let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men -- >> jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual -- >> free at last! >> free at last! >> thank god almighty, we are free at last! >> we are free at last. now, two great americans. a human rights activist and president of the asian american justice center

new hampshire has the lowest tax burden in the country. their unemployment rate is 7%. we are one of the highest tax burdens states in the united states and our unemployment is pushing 30%. >> your final yes or no question and we will go down the line -- is it time to do away with the master lever of straight ticket voting? >> yes, people are sharp enough. >> that is a yes? >> yes. >> yes. >> defilade, >> thank you very much, gentlemen and i turned back to my colleague. >> thank you and we are continuing to get in to some major issues. we will do that in our live web chat and live with coverage. we will continue that for another 30 minutes or so. our live television coverage, we will give each of our candidates an opportunity to make closing remarks. we remind you that it is not over yet. the debate will continue on wpri.com, including questions we have from our viewers. that will be on line from 8:00 until 8:30. we have a random drawing to determine the order. candidates will have 30 seconds to make their closing remarks. hold your applause until the candidates have ma